well violence in mali as a militant group launches guerrilla attacks on the previously liberated city of kabul and made claims by the french ministry that the operation is almost complete . a lid to kong rationally bold leaves e.u. was missile shield in europe defenseless and with a claim to the system may fail to protect major and could be aimed against russia. braces for yet another string of anti-government rallies on the two year anniversary of former dictator hosni mubarak's ouster and.

it's eight o'clock here in the russian capital you're watching our do you with me to bomb would say it's good to have you with us this morning. and islam as a rebel group is claiming responsibility for ongoing violence and models of northern city of death after gunmen launched a surprise guerrilla attack earlier the city was rocked by two suicide bombings however france maintains a military campaign in mali to force out this is almost complete local correspondent reports. the situation in mali is obviously going to have a gruesome ending there are more than enough indications of last friday the country was shaken by the very first terrorist attack in its history according to the

witness report of what was carried out by a fifteen year old suicide bomber of arab descent the bomber was the only one killed after the detonation of a few hours later responsibility for the attack was claimed by the motor wad jihadists one thing to remember here is that this is a vast desert territory and therefore it is very difficult to control this attack is just another example confirming that despite the news reports of the french army having taken over get out timbuktu and get down there is still a long way to go before jihadists are ousted from the country in severe artie's crew was given access to the civil defense camps where volunteers and civilians are preparing to fight against the jihadists the f.l.n. they and again the core a local pro-government militia movements that account for a total of two thousand eight hundred operatives but do not support the strategy chosen by the french in mali and joined forces in fighting the terrorists. we share

the same goals but what they did was a really bad service to us there was not really about the army itself al-qaeda had been operating on mali and territory for a number of years now they have all means and they keep getting more by kidnapping white people for ransom drones pays them to have their citizens returned and then the terrorists have cash to buy weapons if we talk about al qaeda there's no way the army can fight it because the sheer terrorism in action. those paramilitary who know the terrain well say fighting a war they cannot take part in is meaningless one thing all these paramilitary groups have in common is their patriotism and zeal to protect their country and drive away the narco terrorists but this is a losing fight given the financial resources and ammunition stock they have. i am ready to go it all lengths i'm raised to give my life right now to save my family up there in the north because we're all here have families i believe france will stop these attacks for

a while when the french troops leave they will start all over again because the criminals are still out there hiding him on the civilians and all of them have been caught really need to be given the mandate to complete this mission our own we're ready for it all that we can do it because we grew up in the north we know the terrain and the people so we're the only ones who can stop them and find them in the villages and the desert where we know every corner and every punch of land. overall well the jihadists forces are taking over their land kidnapping people and using suicide bombers to fight for their cause the civilian population remains the country's most vulnerable group early artie's ganesh if you can speak to russia's ambassador to the un vitaly churkin about the possible reasons for the ongoing mali and conflict the full interview is on it at six forty five pm at g.m.t. or you can watch it on our web site at www dot com but here's a quick a sneak peek. oh it's a question of arab spring was the dramatic events in libya. we're in the course of

the crisis of course lots of weapons were brought into libya and there was a lot of there were lots of weapons of as it is but still many more weapons were brought into libya during the recent hearings which then secretary of state clinton had in the house of representatives one of the congressman said that they had information that cut that out with a wink and nod as he put it from the united states brought in twenty thousand tons of weapons into libya and you know twenty thousand tons you can arm is small terrorist army and so on of course this is exactly what has happened in mali definitely we see a spillover from a believe in crisis to to a neighboring country and most likely the spillover has affected other places as well for instance it may well be there are many indications to that effect that the terrorist attack in the in the in the jury or had something to do i mean close to

the libyan border also had some sort of libyan connection in terms of people maybe weapons terrorists emanating from libya participating in that attack. the u.s. defense shield in europe is under further scrutiny after a need congressional report revealed the system may be unfit for its declared purpose the study claims the shield may not be able to protect america and its allies from any iranian missile strike the report also acknowledges the moscow's concerns that the u.s. system undermines a russia's nuclear deterrent route all over the missile shield the has a strained relations between the two countries as washington uses to give moscow legally binding guarantees the system is not a russian president obama had promised to be quote more flexible on board on this subject after his reelection but some observers doubt that the u.s.

will give up on its do a political ambitions. i don't think it was ever intended to protect against iranian missiles something in fact that do not even exist today iran has no nuclear weapons nor do they have capability to launch a missile all the way to the united states clearly this missile defense system has always been about surrounding russia and china and that's why it doesn't the math doesn't work when you look at having it protect against an iranian system fact as nato is expanding in its encircled russia i think we're only going to see more of these so called again missile defense deployments into various nato countries looking at how this all of our runs our country today how the corporations control our congress i think it's clear that congress will continue to support these

systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly has a strong ally of the system. still to come babbling to save lives that amid economic troubles experts say blame government and mental health services as suicide rates by seventy percent over six thousand a year up. from the second chernobyl if not worse. guessing game coming up explains why some a new claim by the authorities decision to go ahead with multi-billion dollar shale gas deals with the west.

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welcome back you're watching our team in the latest development of a political crisis in tunisia the president's party has threatened. coalition government the moves expected to become later on monday it comes off the days of violent protests and response to the assassination of a prominent opposition figure where some op laming on the country's islamist rulers . is in the capital tunis with more. forty eight year old lawyer shockley belied criticize the islamist government for creating a religious state in tunisia and burying democracy now belied is dead but his ideas and not. the country has been in crisis economic political and social the ruling troika had a chance it's been a year and a half but we didn't see any progress the death of our com raid becomes the last rule. anger moved to the streets with protesters demanding the authorities and

mabel to protect its citizens to leave the city with. some crime because below he was a symbol of dignity and a symbol of the defense of the country to see that this is a political assassination and that means the violence is not over. the interior ministry said that one million in the have joined the ceremony that turned into a political and if the station people said that if the crowd reached the city center it would have been the last day of the government. as your attend the funeral of shockey belayed on friday after the sermon to try to make their way to the city's main haven't yet to continue to government protests but they were not allowed to do that at least use tear gas immediately was such a central city is packed with people but slogans we're hearing are completely different was carrying islamist flags people mass to rally in support

of the ruling and not a party the local branch of the muslim brotherhood police were at the scene to protest and demonstrators this time this reverse gathering didn't pull more than five thousand participants but the government used this to illustrate that their position was still strong. men did improve the people support and believe our party needs all of our. revenue and they tried to say face but don't have the choice they lost credibility and have no choice but to dissolve the government which is by de facto dissolved already. standing on the brink of a political crisis prime minister protests to form a new cabinet consisting of neutral politicians his own party rejected the plan and cruz and anxiety over possible further this plate and fears are growing that the political divisions may lead to even more victims always threaten to another guy from the opposition was attacked at the funerals i don't want to panic and say

x.y.z. that person but there is a list of people those who fight for the revolutions principles liberty democracy dignity we're all in danger two years ago tunisia became the first nation to have an arab spring revolution that has been hailed as a success story praised for the minimum of violence and turmoil but as we watch the country face a political implosion it may be only now that this crane that has been wound up tightly it's been sprung for three days crashes between police and protesters shook the country leaving many injured and cars burnt out across the city but it all finished as quickly as it started just hours later the capital looks empty and come and the loudest noise here at the moment is sound of birds twittering. narration ocean r.t. g.'s e r. in egypt more than a dozen political parties and business are promising to bring their supporters to

the streets on the day marking two years since of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak monday's rallies which will include a march on presidential palace are intended to increase the pressure on the country's new leader mohamed morsi has a slum has led government repressive measures after last week's decision to shut down the video sharing website. and the regime protests have passed and led to bloodshed and the captain and elsewhere in egypt spokesman for the opposition after matthau are isa's of people are so disillusioned with the government you no longer need to be called to protest. people are going to go into the streets they are going on the streets willingly they don't really need any opposition calls for you protest because the whole country is in a standstill there's nothing moving forward because there is no real administration addressing the people's needs and the people demand the actual anger in the streets

so the only solution that i can see and that every sane person can see that the opposition the brotherhood and all the different political factions to be in a quality of government would be the only solution and the only way out because at that moment this government will take responsibility for any reform that's going to be is one of the happening in the country but the idea of just excluding everybody out of the government post revolution country in a country that's acting or calling for democracy where there is no real parliament in session that can hold the president or the government accountable to the failures of administering the country and then refusing to have a quality of government that's just a call for chaos so was a drain in the way the experts blaming a combination of issues including personal debt and cutbacks to the mental health budget a problem that is prompting calls for greater government action. reports. for the last year and a half thorn has been coming to terms with the tragic death of

a son aged just twenty three toby took his own life riding his spinal words on the back of a bank statement after racking up a three thousand pound overdraft and a five thousand pounds student debt it was just the shock this wasn't from one that had a history of depression or mental illness or even had come across as being down or depressed you know in the last few weeks months of his life if anything he came across the someone you know didn't have a care in the world following his death and became a trustee for the charity piracy which aims to prevent suicide among young people from a home in cornwall she even runs her own blog giving advice but it's a battle her charity and similar ones around the u.k. are struggling to win suicide is on the increase according to latest figures accounting for six thousand deaths between twenty ten and twenty eleven a rise of seven percent so why being increase while an inquest ruled that toby's

financial problems working for britain factor to his suicide experts now say that enabling u.k. economy is partly to blame for the recent surge in deaths nationwide areas of high unemployment such as camden here in london are among those worst affected and it's a problem compounded by cutbacks in mental health services the double whammy effect of the recession is that people are becoming more distressed more anxious and therefore more at risk of wanting to take their own lives at the same time whether sterrett in cuts means that we have fewer psychiatric beds that the crisis care isn't there and if that isn't enough the growth of same day loan companies and intimidating debt collectors are adding to the pressures people are feeling according to researchers brighton university we have some very very good regulations that protect people. it's that eclectic. collection however is that

particularly well because these practices are still. in response to the u.k. government has announced plans to crack down on aggressive bailiff's from next year late night visits will not be allowed and restrictions will be put on what property can be seized they are also spending over a million pounds on research as part of a suicide strategy plan but that is only one very small step in the right direction for someone like there's no easy answer i mean one thing i've learned more about through thought than i ever wanted to know but i've done a lot of reading and rethought and i think strangely complex hopefully entirely the trend will go down with what we need to be doing andrew farmer from london check out our website for other stories from around the world here's a taste for you what's happening the regular same to drill. is like the wind

terribly wrong when a lifeboat fell into the sea killing five people got the details r.t. dot com. and french police arrest a pair of identical twins but have no other option but to turn to an expensive d.n.a. test revealed what's one of them committed and allege a string of sexual assault find out why and how much needs to be fucked out online . ukraine is trying to break free from dependence on russian gas this has led authorities to search for western companies interested in exploring its shale gas reserves however news that hasn't gone down well with the country's environmentalist as are. reports. it was described as the day of ukraine's energy independence when in november last year he signed a one billion dollar agreement with a spanish utility to build

a liquefied natural gas terminal on the black sea coast delight quickly turned into dismay when it emerged that the man signing the deal had nothing to do with the company three months later ukraine's leaders were shaking hands again this time with boiled dutch shell having signed a real deal to explore and develop the country's potentially he would shale gas reserves reportedly the third largest. the expectation is about eight to ten billion cubic meters of gas production per year and the highest is up to about twenty two twenty five once it's operational we will strive to fully meet our domestic energy needs and to even become an exporter. this is definitely sweet music to keep for years ukraine has been striving to reduce its reliance on us imports from russia especially now when gas. was seven billion

dollars for violating gas agreements this project is definitely good we would pay between one hundred fifty to one hundred eighty dollars per cubic meter of gas instead of the four hundred fifty dollars we're now paying to gas problem but if everything is so promising why are people out in force against the shale gas initiative will be the second if not worse for years ukraine has often been divided on many different issues from perception of history to the official number of state languages and then you shale gas initiatives are no exception if political enemies hardline nationalists and communists have put their differences aside and spoken out against. the opposition even proposed a bill prohibiting the exploration and extraction of shale gas and that's the real question information on how the gas is split between. shell chevron and ukrainian company it's classified and it is still not clear if it's going to be profitable plus the companies don't keer old harmful it will be to the environment but

political battles aside ecologists are the most concerned with a potential threat from the shale gas program they insist it could lead to a full blown. but whenever they speak out the pro-government media labels them as agents of gas brought. they usually and different camels that extract more gas from the rocks and so the underground system which provides fresh drinking water is completely destroyed this water is a strategic ecological resource and when spoiling the area becomes practically non-viable. even in the most optimistic scenario ukraine may see its own shale gas filling its pipes only in a decade from now college itself if they're not against shale gas in principle just at the potential environmental impact from its extraction needs to be researched and assessed before drilling begins they have already sent a letter to the president the question is whether those at the top will be willing

to listen let's see russia. reporting from kiev in ukraine. more international news now and the head of the syrian opposition in exile says he wants peace talks with the assad government but at the office comes amid searching demand in the release of one hundred sixty thousand prisoners in the massacres a says it would agree to sit down for talks but without any preconditions the opposition wants to be very shady poncho president assad to which he battled to has so far the future to consider it's also idea if the al-qaeda linked on to rebel groups in syria would support a ceasefire this comes as a top u.s. military officer says these reports are mean the insurgents to bring the force and to the conflict. the authorities have held there for as a reconsiders read talks with the opposition in buffering both sides us they're ready to continue dialogue to top to stop and to regime protests which have lost it

for two years and claimed up to eighty lives pro reform campaigners are calling on the government to deal with police brutality and to perceive the discrimination the sunni monarchy claims is implemented some of the reforms yet activists say it's too much power concentrated in the hands of the state. shortly on r.t. the latest edition of little bells crosstalk.

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hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle a new scramble for africa cloaked under the guise of fighting terrorism and in support of noble western values africa is again in play is this continent at the center of a vast natural resource grab why is the u.s. deploying troops in thirty four african countries and how does the new actor of china add to this mix. to cross the rio neill colonialization of africa i'm joined by michael amoa in london he is an expert on africa at the london school of economics also in london we have adel darwish he is the political editor of the middle east magazine group and in paris we cross to emmanuel he is the president of the institute for peace.